‘Fighting fire with fire’: Job candidates are sneaking AI prompt injections into their applications

It’s been hotly debated across the internet, from Reddit threads to LinkedIn posts: Could using hidden prompts on your resume help you get hired in the age of AI? If a hiring manager outsources their work to an AI scanner, which you’ve covertly told to advance your application, could the hack give you a leg up in a crowded job market? Or would it disqualify you from consideration entirely? That hypothetical strategy is apparently becoming reality, as one employer sorting through applications...